There Simply Is No South-Border Holocaust

The Jewish parents living in Europe had no choices. The Holocaust was in a class of itself. There is nothing similar.

June 27, 2018 10:28 am ET

Jay Winik’s powerful “Trump’s Critics Desecrate the Holocaust” (op-ed, June 22) is a strong reminder of what the Jews went through during those horrible times. Going a step further, I assert that comparing today’s problem of illegal immigrants with the nightmare of Nazi Germany trivializes the Holocaust.

It is a pity that today’s children are suffering. However, their parents have made the decision to place them in this situation. The Jewish parents living in Europe had no choices. The Holocaust was in a class by itself....